Generous drinking of sugary beverages may lead to piling up of excess pounds in the waist and consequently unhealthy waist circumference in men and women.
Can fondness for sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) affect the size of an individual's waist? In a bid to answer this question, researchers sifted through data and evidence compiled from 7 studies.
Data analysis revealed that devout drinking of sugary beverages can increase the waist circumference of both men and women by as much as 31%. This study highlights the detrimental effect taking sugar-sweetened beverages can have on the deposition of excess weight on the waist in men and women.